From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261931AbUKCWFZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:05:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261883AbUKCWEj (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:04:39 -0500 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:38785 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261930AbUKCWAL (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:00:11 -0500 Message-ID: <41895583.10604@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:02:43 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pete Zaitcev CC: Wolfgang Scheicher , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.9 USB storage problems References: <200410121424.59584.worf@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at> <20041101164615.13a04a7c@lembas.zaitcev.lan> In-Reply-To: <20041101164615.13a04a7c@lembas.zaitcev.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 23:19:13 +0100, Wolfgang Scheicher wrote: > > >>>>And: could maybe somebody put some hints into the ub help? >>>>"This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices such as flash >>>>keys." didn't sound so bad to me... >>> >>>That should definately happen. Along with a note that this blocks >>>usb-storage from working with many devices if enabled. >> >>Yep. Absolutely. > > > I don't like too much wordage. How about this: > > diff -urp -X dontdiff linux-2.6.10-rc1/drivers/block/Kconfig linux-2.6.10-rc1-ub/drivers/block/Kconfig > --- linux-2.6.10-rc1/drivers/block/Kconfig 2004-10-28 09:46:38.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.10-rc1-ub/drivers/block/Kconfig 2004-11-01 16:09:13.727453544 -0800 > @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_UB > This driver supports certain USB attached storage devices > such as flash keys. > > + Warning: Enabling this cripples the usb-storage driver. > + > If unsure, say N. > > config BLK_DEV_RAM I just got information on this in another thread, in case you didn't see my note there, is this behaviour a bug, design choice, or unavoidable hardware issue? I can turn it off now, but I'm supposed to be getting a flash key thing to test, which is why I turned it on in the first place. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me